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Alabama Gambling Battle Heats Up
MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA --
The governor of Alabama has sworn to rid the state of all illegal gambling devices, upset over a proliferation of electronic bingo-style games. No problem, says state Representative Marcel Black, who addressed the issue by proposing fourteen legal and licensed gaming centers be established throughout Alabama.
Black says his plan deals with the reality that Alabama residents want to gamble, as shown by the popularity of electronic gambling games. Plus, he asserts the gambling centers would generate as much as $200 million a year to fund education and Medicaid.
Black's plan must pass as a constitutional amendment, meaning two-thirds of state legislators must approve, and then state voters would have to pass it on a general ballot.
Black said passing his bill would eliminate many of the illegal operations in existence, controlling and regulating gaming play. He also pushed the idea as a way to clarify confusing bingo laws that have created the gray area Governor Bob Rilet finds so disturbing.
Riley released a statement saying "gambling hurts people, families and our communities. It brings with it more misery, more crime and more corruption."
Riley offered no evidence proving his broad generalization.
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